Lamb Pho

Name: Lamb Pho
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 5 min
Total time: 2 h 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Vietnamese
Ingredients: 800g bone-in lamb shoulder; 1 onion, charred; 3 cm ginger, charred; 3 star anise; 1 cinnamon stick; 4 cloves; 1 tsp coriander seeds; 2 tbsp fish sauce; 1 tsp sugar; 400g flat rice noodles; fresh herbs, beansprouts, lime to serve

A Vietnamese pho-style broth made with lamb instead of beef, built on charred onion, ginger and star anise. Charring the onion and ginger directly before they go into the simmering broth is what gives the broth its deep, smoky backbone rather than a flat, one-note flavour.

Total time

140 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

125 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Vietnamese

Ingredients

800gbone-in lamb shoulder

1onion, charred

3 cmginger, charred

3star anise

1cinnamon stick

4cloves

1 tspcoriander seeds

2 tbspfish sauce

1 tspsugar

400gflat rice noodles

fresh herbs, beansprouts, limeto serve

Instructions

Simmer lamb with charred onion, ginger and spices 2 hours.

Remove lamb. Shred. Strain broth.

Season broth with fish sauce and sugar.

Cook noodles.

Assemble bowls: noodles, lamb, hot broth.

Serve with fresh herbs, beansprouts and lime.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

830

Protein

55.7g

Fat

47.5g

Carbs

52g

Fiber

11.7g

Sodium

788mg

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